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PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
ESTUARIES WEEK
2016
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, estuaries are special and unique places where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with
saltwater from the ocean; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina has the largest estuarine system of any single state on the Atlantic coast; and
WHEREAS, estuaries provide critical and essential habitats for abundant marine life; and
WHEREAS, estuaries support important economic sectors, including tourism, commercial and recreational
fisheries; and
WHEREAS, fish from North Carolina estuaries and coastal rivers migrate throughout the Atlantic coast to
support significant commercial fisheries along the Atlantic Seaboard; and
WHEREAS, estuaries support popular recreational activities and provide a place to swim, fish, boat and bird
watch; and
WHEREAS, estuaries provide educational opportunities for learning and research, as well as citizen participation
and stewardship to help sustain North Carolina's estuaries;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim
September 17-24, 2016, as "ESTUARIES WEEK" in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand and fifteen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
~!!!~- Governor

~faft nf ~nrf4 illarnlina
PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
ESTUARIES WEEK
2016
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, estuaries are special and unique places where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with
saltwater from the ocean; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina has the largest estuarine system of any single state on the Atlantic coast; and
WHEREAS, estuaries provide critical and essential habitats for abundant marine life; and
WHEREAS, estuaries support important economic sectors, including tourism, commercial and recreational
fisheries; and
WHEREAS, fish from North Carolina estuaries and coastal rivers migrate throughout the Atlantic coast to
support significant commercial fisheries along the Atlantic Seaboard; and
WHEREAS, estuaries support popular recreational activities and provide a place to swim, fish, boat and bird
watch; and
WHEREAS, estuaries provide educational opportunities for learning and research, as well as citizen participation
and stewardship to help sustain North Carolina's estuaries;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim
September 17-24, 2016, as "ESTUARIES WEEK" in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand and fifteen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
~!!!~- Governor